Need and inequality in the use of health care services in a fragmented and decentralized health system: evidence for Argentina.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The high fragmentation and decentralization in the provision of health care services that characterizes Argentina's health system, as well as the economic and social inequalities, challenge the achievement of the Universal Health Coverage (UHC). The objective of this study is to measure socioeconomic-related inequality and horizontal inequity in the use of health care services in Argentina as well as identify the factors that contribute to these disparities.

Methods

The 2013 National Risk Factor Survey, developed by the Ministry of Health of Argentina, was used to measure socioeconomic-related inequality and inequity in the use of health care services through concentration curves, the Erreygers concentration index, and the index of horizontal inequity. Econometric

SUBMITTER: Palacios A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7394688 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature